September 20, 2022
10th EWACE 2022: CELEBRATING GROWTH AND DIVERSITY
By Association for Cultural Economics Poland The European Workshop on Applied Cultural Economics (EWACE) returns to northern Italy to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Originally...
June 28, 2022
A PARADIGMATIC CHANGE IN FINANCE AND FUNDING IN THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
By Ellen Loots, Diana Betzler, Trine Bille, Karol Jan Borowiecki, and Boram Lee The special issue New Forms of Finance and Funding in the...
June 14, 2022
UNDERSTANDING URBAN ALTERNATIVE CULTURAL PRODUCTION
By Enrico Bertacchini and Francesco Puletti From the ashes of the creative city paradigm, there is a growing awareness of the urban creative economy...
May 31, 2022
THE BEHAVIOURAL ECONOMICS OF CULTURE
By Bronwyn Coate & Robert Hoffmann Cultural markets and industries are rife with behaviour at odds with traditional economic assumptions. Evidence of this is...
May 3, 2022
ASSERTING EMOTIONS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY: TOWARD EXPERIENCE SCORING
By Charles-Alexandre Delestage & Willy Yvart Virtual reality has already met art and culture in its recent growth. Emotions, as an important part of...
April 12, 2022
INTERNALIZING PRODUCTION COST AND CHANGES OF TASTES: MORE RECENT THEATRE PLAYS FEATURE FEWER ROLES
By Sacit Hadi Akdede, Victor Ginsburgh and Aynur Uçkaç We all know the big productions of older classical theatre have full imposing casts yet...
March 29, 2022
DOES COPYRIGHTS INCREASE CREATIVITY? LESSONS FROM ITALIAN OPERA DURING THE NAPOLEONIC AGE
By Michela Giorcelli and Petra Moser Copyrights establish intellectual property rights in creative goods, from literature and science to images, film, and music. This...
March 15, 2022
HOW TICKET PRICES TO SWEDISH OPERA HOUSES AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAS HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY EXCLUSIVE
By Staffan Albinsson Ambitions for social inclusion have guided the publicly funded opera houses and symphony orchestras since the early twentieth century. However, this...
March 1, 2022
GEOGRAPHIES OF FLOWERS AND FLOWER POWER: DO ARTS AND ECOLOGY AFFECT POLITICAL BEHAVIOR?
By Annie Tubadji and Valentina Montalto In a moment of raising inequalities and high political discontent magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes of...
February 15, 2022
GLOBALIZATION AND THE RISE OF ACTION MOVIES IN HOLLYWOOD
By Shi Qi and Tin Cheuk (Tommy) Leung What has caused the influx of superheroes such as The Avengers and The Justice League in...
February 1, 2022
REALITY VS. EXPECTATIONS: WHY WOULD ARTISTS FAVOUR FREE STREAMING?
By José Aly Tovar Before the start of the 2000s the music business was in a bonanza thanks to the massive revenues that it...
January 18, 2022
WHAT IS THE CREATIVE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS? EVIDENCE FROM MUSIC COMPOSITION SINCE 1450
By Karol Jan Borowiecki Ideas are fundamental for the production of any creative output, whether in the arts, science or business. However, because ideas...
January 4, 2022
LET’S DANCE ! MEASURING EFFICIENCY IN THE DANCE SECTOR
By María José del Barrio Tellado and Luis César Herrero Prieto Economic studies exploring dance have proliferated enormously recently, although they have failed to...
December 27, 2021
EconomistsTalkArt wishes you a happy holiday and a great new year 2022 !
By the Editorial Team We are grateful to all the researchers who have shared their excellent work through our blog, enabling us to bring...
December 21, 2021
BANDING TOGETHER: NEW COOPERATIVE SOLUTIONS TO PERENNIAL ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
By Amy Whitaker and Amber He Arts organizations can access economies of scope, overcoming some of the key challenges in managing costs, sharing risk,...
December 7, 2021
ENTREPRENEURIAL ECOSYSTEM FRAMEWORKS FOR THE STUDY OF CULTURAL AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: THE CASE OF PORTO
By Miguel Neiva and Ellen Loots The ‘ecosystem’ notion is finding its way in the economic, management and policy literatures. In fact, in entrepreneurship,...
